/ics/ en /ics/2018/03/28/daunted-spring-cleaning-randall-oreilly-says-blame-your-brain <span>Daunted by Spring Cleaning? Randall O'Reilly Says Blame Your Brain</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-03-28T00:00:00-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 00:00">Wed, 03/28/2018 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ics/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/spring_cleaning.jpg?h=17bc5b14&amp;itok=SOv5D1L-" width="1200" height="800" alt="Spring Cleaning"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ics/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">Randall O'Reilly</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Dr. Randall O'Reilly, ICS Fellow blames the brain&nbsp;for why it鈥檚 so difficult to tackle a big project like spring cleaning, blame your brain. Randall O鈥橰eilly is a&nbsp;professor of&nbsp;<a href="/psych-neuro/" rel="nofollow">psychology and neuroscience</a>&nbsp;and director of the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at 天美传媒 Boulder and Fellow with the Institute of Cognitive Science.</p><p>鈥淭he brain is wired to be very cautious and conservative in starting big projects, because once you do start, it takes over your brain,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he brain, researchers think, is wired to track progress towards whatever it is you鈥檝e decided to do, like spring cleaning, which is hard work. You have to make a lot of difficult decisions and the outcome is uncertain. Your brain recognizes that and says, 鈥楳aybe I won鈥檛 start on that project after all.鈥� It鈥檚 an adaptive property of the brain.鈥�</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2018/03/27/daunted-spring-cleaning-blame-your-brain-professor-says`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 1332 at /ics /ics/2016/12/05/ics-fellow-randall-oreilly-now-fellow-society-experimental-psychologists <span>ICS Fellow Randall O'Reilly Now Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-12-05T11:16:57-07:00" title="Monday, December 5, 2016 - 11:16">Mon, 12/05/2016 - 11:16</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ics/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/oreilly360x240.jpg?h=9d03e645&amp;itok=ebiIPlOj" width="1200" height="800" alt="Randy O'Reilly"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ics/taxonomy/term/392"> Announcements </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ics/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">Randall O'Reilly</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ics/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/oreilly360x240.jpg?itok=DhfnpWX6" width="1500" height="2250" alt="Randy O'Reilly"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Congratulations to ICS Fellow Dr. Randy O'Reilly for being elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists! Read more about the society at: <a href="http://www.sepsych.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sepsych.org/</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Congratulations to ICS Fellow Dr. Randy O'Reilly for being elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists!</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:16:57 +0000 Anonymous 886 at /ics